05:35 AM
11/21/24
11/21/24
February 28, 2002
Don't be a bigamist: and other rules for fandom. Fun stuff, as is the usual from Simmons, but he completely ignores colleges, which is also par for him. By his rules I'm definitely not a good fan. Oh well...
Maybe you have your own rules; these are mine. i don't see a problem with liking more than one team. the only time i root against the baltimore ravens is when they are playing the redskins. simmons can call it hedging my bets if he wants. i call it enjoying the game.
posted by danostuporstar at 01:29 PM on February 28, 2002
The prison analogy made my sides ache, if only because I can't believe they're allowed to print that stuff. Heh.
posted by Succa at 12:48 AM on March 01, 2002
Okay, totally unrelated to the actual column (which, btw, I didn't think was up to Simmon's usual level, but c'est la Page2): that picture freaked me out. See, I'm used to the little byline photo of a grinning Bill Simmons, looks exactly like I expected. I'll bet he walks with the White Man's Waddle, has that forward thrust bad-posture neck thingie, the receding hairline, got that "goofy friend" face- the one who's always grinning and cracking wise- the whole nine yards. But that photo- jeepers! The two friends look like classic Bawstin dudes, all 4 sheets to the wind, but Simmons- he looks like the lead singer of Erasure in that photo! It doesn't even look like the same guy at all- I mean, not that there's anything wrong with that, of course, but I'm just saying. It was almost like seeing that infamous Yasmeen Bleeth cocaine bust mugshot- you can't believe it's the same person.